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‘We know where we are headed’: humanity is sacrificing itself on the altar of corporate profits

Author:     Sonali Kolhatkar
Source:     AlterNet / Independent Media Institute
Publication Date:     May 14, 2022
 Link: ‘We know where we are headed’: humanity is sacrificing itself on the altar of corporate profits
Stephan:   To me it seems increasingly probable that it is already too late to stop massive damage to the earth's matrix of life, and the death of millions as a result of climate change. And all of this is because we cannot seem to wake up to making wellbeing our first priority. If the rich think they are going to have enough money to protect themselves from climate change they are in for a very rude awakening. Nowhere on planet earth is going to be untouched by what is occurring.
Fossil fuel lobbyists have larger presence at COP26 than any individual country

Climate change is the result of a deadly calculus: human lives are worth risking and even losing over the profits of global corporations.

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) recently dropped a bombshell announcement that should have garnered news headlines in the major global and U.S. media, but did not. New WMO research concludes that “[t]here is a 50:50 chance of the annual average global temperature temporarily reaching 1.5 degrees Celsius above the preindustrial level for at least one of the next five years.”

WMO Secretary-General Professor Petteri Taalas explained, “The 1.5 degree Celsius figure is not some random statistic. It is rather an indicator of the point at which climate impacts will become increasingly harmful for people and indeed the entire planet.”

In 2015, the likelihood of reaching that threshold within five years was nearly zero. In 2017 it was 10 percent, and today it is 50 percent. As we continue to spew greenhouse gases into the atmosphere in dizzying amounts, that percentage […]

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